Chapter 20: Saved by the Boss Lady
The scene in front of me changed again. This time it was a dark space with only one candle shining. The candle flame was still flickering, sometimes dim and sometimes bright.
When was this? She had no idea.
It suddenly appeared beside the light, with a somewhat irritated look on its face, and said, "Yue Qiran, do you remember what happened next?"
Without waiting for her to reply, it continued, "After this incident, you even helped your third junior fellow apprentice find Yuanshanqin. Despite their attitude, you acted like a saint, constantly sacrificing yourself to help them."
Yue Qiran lowered her eyes and said calmly: "Don't make me sound so stupid. In the past, or before she came, they still had their merits."
Xu Qianjia blocked an attack for her and his life was hanging by a thread; the third junior brother Lan Yongji was aloof from worldly affairs, but he hawked his wares among the people for her; Xiao Si was so proud that he was willing to kneel down in front of those who looked down on him and ask for help when she was in trouble.
When she recalled the past, it seemed like a lifetime ago. They were all very good junior and senior brothers and sisters, although they all had shortcomings big and small.
It sneered and said, "Since you think they are good, why do you still call them ungrateful wolves?"
Yue Qiran was silent. Why?
Because her blood was nothing compared to the cut on Lian Qingzhou's hand;
They cannot tolerate any bad behavior from her, yet allow her to hurt others;
Their so-called principles, which had never been compromised for her, seemed to be meaningless because of her...
At first, she could still accept it. After all, she treated them the same way and could understand their love for her junior sister.
But as more and more things happened, she became more and more confused. Why was it that the kindness she had shown them for two hundred years was not as good as her smile?
During those decades, she felt wronged countless times, but her master said: Qi Ran, you are the senior sister. Senior sisters and junior sisters are different. You have to be tolerant of them.
She was thinking at the time, yes, she had only heard of pampered junior sisters, but not of spoiled and willful senior sisters.
Besides, in her heart, the little junior sister was an outsider, unable to be compared with the three of them, but they were not necessarily the same! Perhaps the little junior sister's position in their hearts was just like the three of them in her heart. Why should she treat the little junior sister as an outsider and be annoying for nothing?
She forced herself not to care about those things, and planned to put aside her chores and practice meditation.
However, the matter of the alien race completely chilled her heart, and made her realize that this was not the difference between a senior sister and a junior sister, but the difference between caring or not.
They treated her well only because she treated them well; and they treated Lian Qingzhou well only because they cared about her.
Be it the master or the three of them, they had already unknowingly regarded her as an outsider. It was ridiculous that she was still unaware of it.
Even if he had told the truth about the aliens, with the title of Qinglan Tianzun, Lian Qingzhou would only have suffered some physical pain and left a reputation as a fool. But they would rather blame her for Lian Qingzhou's mistakes and even kill her, rather than let their beloved junior sister suffer even a little harm.
Oh, it's not that her blood is not as important as a scar, it's that her life is not as important as a tear!
Yue Qiran's expression turned slightly cold when she thought about this, but that was all.
It sneered and said, "You are much calmer than last time."
"It's enough to use the same method once. I won't fall in the same place twice."
When the inner demon heard this, his expression suddenly became inexplicably happy, which made her frown. He then said, "You can leave now."
"I'll leave when you're sober. Now let's chat."
Yue Qiran stared at it in astonishment. What was it talking about? Chatting? Is this something a demon could say?
The inner demon ignored her thoughts and lazily discussed with her: "Tell me, why is Qinglan Tianzun so cruel to you? The same thing happened to an innocent little sister and she could be said to be deceived, but it happened to you. He would rather increase the crime to protect her. Why is that?"
She didn't want to discuss such a bad thing.
It won't stop just because she doesn't want it to.
"People are always biased, just like you used to be biased towards them. Yue Qiran, tell me, is your master too partial?"
She found a place to sit down with an expressionless face, not intending to pay any attention to it. She even doubted in her heart whether it was an inner demon or not. She had never heard of an inner demon being able to chat with its real body.
"Yue Qiran, have you ever considered a possibility, for example..." It suddenly paused before continuing, "In your master's heart, you have always been an outsider, so he never considers your thoughts or your situation. In fact, if you think about it carefully, his kindness to you is only expressed in words."
"That's enough!" Yue Qiran interrupted him impatiently, "He's just like them, he's had a good life. Don't think I'm so stupid that I would open my heart to those people for no reason."
The inner demon propped up his chin and looked at her: "But in my eyes, you are just stupid."
"You said, I am you."
It was choked and couldn't speak for a while.
At this moment, everything suddenly turned upside down, and the figure of the inner demon disappeared in an instant.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. Why did this place look familiar?
She hesitated and tried to sit up, but the door opened. She looked over cautiously and was surprised to find that it was someone she knew.
The innkeeper's wife walked in charmingly in a red tube-top dress and said with a smile, "Miss, are you awake?"
She bent down and helped her up. The scenery on her chest made Yue Qiran secretly sigh at Han Yueshan's good fortune.
She pulled her thoughts back to where they had strayed and whispered, "Thank you, Madam Boss."
The proprietress smiled and said, "You're welcome. Master Han has helped me a lot, so this is my reward."
Yue Qiran appropriately expressed confusion at this moment: "But why am I here?"
When this topic was mentioned, the proprietress looked frightened and kept saying, "Girl, speaking of this, it's really a blessing in disguise!"
"What?"
"You were almost sold to a brothel!"
Yue Qiran was stunned for a while before she realized the meaning of this sentence.
After the boss's wife's explanation, she finally understood the whole story.
It turned out that the couple was addicted to gambling. After raising their children, they sold the boys as slaves and the girls to brothels to pay off debts or gamble.
This time, they saw her appearance and planned to sell her to a brothel. However, the brothel was reluctant to pay a high price for her because she was seriously injured and her background was unknown. While they were bargaining, the owner of the brothel passed by and recognized her clothes, so she bought her.
The proprietress said thankfully, "Fortunately, Young Master Han has always praised your beauty, saying that you are more beautiful than the most beautiful courtesan in Xujia City. Otherwise, I would not be sure of your identity."
Yue Qiran: ...
Should she say thank you to Mr. Han?
"If that brothel madam saw you awake now, she would definitely regret her disdain for you back then. Girl, don't go out and wander around, or you'll be easily targeted."
“…Okay, I understand.”
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